-2011-2012+2nd+North+GA+RESA+Media+Consortium+Meeting

=2011-2012 2nd North GA RESA Media Consortium Meeting= 4731 Old Highway 5, South Ellijay, GA 30540-7447 Phone: (706) 276-1111 Fax: (706) 276-1114
 * When:** January 27, 2012
 * Where:** North Georgia RESA Building

= Theme: Media Specialists as Designers =

Featuring

 * GLMA Legislative Update with Mary Perdue (Pickens Middle School)
 * State Library Media Services Update with Judy Serritella, Georgia Department of Education
 * Author Jennifer Jabaley ([|Author's Webpage])
 * Sci-Fi/Fantasy Guru Joy Huddlestun
 * Collaboration Corner (ES-Tammy Boggus of Harmony ES; MS/HS-Diane Tyner of Gladden MS)
 * RTW (Ready to Work) Ideas

Read the Most from Coast to Coast with Renaissance Learning
[] Renaissance Learning is celebrating Read Across America with a unique opportunity for your students to be counted in an attempt to break the one-day record for number of AR quizzes taken (on March 2). Register your school and you will also receive a FREE Planning Kit including a colorful 36" x 24" poster to build excitement in your classroom or school, 25 bookmarks for students, event planning tips, and downloadable support materials. (Register by February 13 to assure arrival of mailed items.)

Common Core Georgia Performance Standards (CCGPS)
Webinars on-going throughout the year. Archived sessions are available through the Elluminate Live! platform.
 * Directions for Elluminate: [|PDF File]
 * Overview of CCGPS Roll-out: [|PDF File]
 * CCGPS Professional Learning Available from GPB between Jan. 25 and May 9, 2012 ([|Click here]).

GLMA Mable Wyche Underwood Grant
GLMA Mable Wyche Underwood Grants are available for the 2012-13 school year. You can find all the information and an application on the GLMA website at: @http://glma-inc.org/awards_grants.htm. Two grants will be awarded in the amount of $300 - $500. The deadline for submitting the application is May 15, 2012.

Exemplary Library Media Recognition Program
Applications are due May 31, 2012 [|Exemplary Media Application and Directions 2012.pdf] [|GaDOE 2012 Library Media Exemplary Program Self-Evaluation Rubric.pdf]

Library of Congress Summer Institute Applications
The LOC is accepting applications for the Summer Teacher Institutes. Applications are due by February 17, 2012. []

After participating in the Summer Teacher Institutes, participants will: As follow up to the Summer Teacher Institutes, participants will: Sessions will take place on the following dates:
 * Know how to access primary sources from the Library of Congress.
 * Become skilled at analyzing primary sources of different formats.
 * Learn various teaching strategies for using primary sources in the classroom.
 * Be able to successfully facilitate a primary source-based activity with students.
 * Gain knowledge of how to use primary sources to enable students to be engaged, think critically and construct knowledge.
 * Develop a Primary Source Project Plan that will be implemented in the participant's instructional setting.
 * Continue work on their Primary Source Project and share their results with Library staff.
 * Implement a Primary Source Project Plan in the participant's instructional setting.
 * Have the option of obtaining 3 graduate credits (for a fee) from George Mason University for completing all Summer Teacher Institute requirements.
 * May 21-25, 2012
 * June 11-15, 2012
 * July 9-13, 2012 (World Cultures Focus)
 * July 16-20, 2012 (Civil War Focus)
 * August 6-10, 2012

NetGalley
[] NetGalley delivers secure, digital galleys to professional readers. If you are a reviewer, blogger, journalist, librarian, bookseller, educator, or in the media, you can use NetGalley for FREE to read and request titles before they are published. This is a great way to get to know new series, authors, and publishers so that you can purchase and advise on the newest releases before your budget is gone.

ReadWriteThink Cube Creator
[] Students can create a biography, mystery, story, or original cube with questions/answers appropriate for the topic. Each type of cube comes with a planning sheet that can be printed and completed before students go to the computer. If you want to tweak the questions/answers to fit your topic more closely, use the "original" cube template. Save your work as a PDF file for future purposes or share your work via email. RESA Conversation Cube ([|RESA Conversation Cube.pdf])

Do You Know about SOPA and PIPA?
You may have noticed that Wikipedia, Google, and other websites sported anti-censorship messages on January 18. This action was to protest legislation that is making its way through Congress. Some view SOPA and PIPA as anti-piracy tools that will protect copyright holders. Many technology folks have expressed concerns about requirements that affect the fabric of the Internet, saying that SOPA and PIPA requirements could increase Internet security vulnerabilities. Read more about this topic.


 * SOPA Text from [|THOMAS]
 * PIPA Text from [|THOMAS]
 * C|NET Article Summarizing SOPA and PIPA with Analysis ([|c|net article])
 * MPAA Press Release [|Nov. 10, 2011] and [|Jan. 17, 2012]
 * Stop American Censorship ([])